linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/11] Bluetooth: Add UART API functions to ldisc

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Message-ID: <AANLkTi=f6XPbsUiTSiFru2tj_XsQSu=-h898b0R2AePo@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:40:34 +0100
From:	Vitaly Wool <vitalywool@...il.com>
To:	Par-Gunnar Hjalmdahl <par-gunnar.p.hjalmdahl@...ricsson.com>
Cc:	Pavan Savoy <pavan_savoy@...y.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org,
	Lukasz Rymanowski <Lukasz.Rymanowski@...to.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	Par-Gunnar Hjalmdahl <pghatwork@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/11] Bluetooth: Add UART API functions to ldisc

Hi Par,

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Par-Gunnar Hjalmdahl
<par-gunnar.p.hjalmdahl@...ricsson.com> wrote:
> This patch adds new functions to control break and flow
> as well as changing UART baud rate directly through the ldisc API
> rather then using the TTY API directly.

What do you need that for?

> It also adds a boolean parameter so it is optional to register
> to the Bluetooth stack (for drivers where a separate module
> registers to the Bluetooth stack instead).

I never liked this idea and I don't like it now as it scatters the
changes needed to support devices you are aiming to support with your
changes.

Thanks,
   Vitaly
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